This Day in History: 1797-01-01
Jan Barszczewski (known in Belarus as Jan Barščeǔski)
1 January 1797 (Exact date unknown) – 12 March 1851
Polish-Lithuanian (Polish and Belarusian) writer, poet, ethnographer and editor.
He wrote both in Belarusian and Polish languages.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Barszczewski